marijuana

8 States May Legalize Marijuana This Year – Did Yours Make the List?

2012 has only just begun and it is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting and active years for marijuana law reform in some time. More than a dozen state legislatures are currently considering reform measures in some respect and 8 states are attempting to put legalization initiatives before voters this November

Police using attractive young cops to seduce teens

Last year in three high schools in Florida, several undercover police officers posed as students. The undercover cops went to classes, became Facebook friends and flirted with the other students. One 18-year-old honor student named Justin fell in love with an attractive 25-year-old undercover cop after spending weeks sharing stories about their lives, texting and flirting with each other.

Pot smoking not as damaging as cigarettes? You don't say?

Finally getting some mainstream coverage...although the bit about "chronic users" suffering from anxiety and depression? Maybe you should lay off alcohol and cigs too, if that's the case. Addictive personalities...don't blame the plant.

12 yr prison sentence for $31 of marijuana

Spottedcrow, 26, was arrested and charged for selling $31 in marijuana to a police informant in December 2009 and January 2010. Starr, 51, was also charged. Because children were in the home, a charge of possession of a dangerous substance in the presence of a minor was added.

In blind pleas before a judge, Spottedcrow received a 12-year sentence and her mother received a 30-year suspended sentence. Neither had prior criminal convictions.

WeedMaps Buys Marijuana.com for $4.2 Million

General Cannabis Inc., the company that owns Weedmaps.com, purchased Marijuana.com for $4.20 million dollars! Rumor has it the agreement was signed by both parties at 4:20pm! For those who are not in the loop, Weedmaps.com is an extremely popular website amongst pot smokers to locate dispensaries and marijuana deals around their vicinity. The acquisition is very strategic, and I think this will re-affirm their position as the authority in the medical marijuana industry.

Bill Schuette says cops can't give marijuana back to patients

A provision of the Michigan medical marijuana law that prohibits police from seizing pot possessed by licensed medical marijuana patients is invalid because it conflicts with federal law, Attorney General Bill Schuette said in an opinion released Thursday, one in which he warns officers who return marijuana to patients that they could be prosecuted as dope dealers.

Cured: A Cannabis Story

Cured: A Cannabis Story, is a brief video showing how cannabis is being ignored as a medicine by pharmaceuticals because it cannot be patented, and being outlawed by their friends to keep you from using it, even though it can cure several forms of cancer.